Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-25

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Very sosn after The Runboats bad
forced theiF way past Memphis she col
cred people Of the plAntations docked
10 greet them. In Jaiy, 1859, willis
navigating the great river, saw q
white draped procession streaming out
across 9 sand-oaF toward she bend
around which We we're passing. The
river bad fallen and The bars spread
vide from shore 10 channel. TIE pro
osasion Reaembled oae Of OuFdeiieE
monks, with their long robes Tapping
about their legs. TIE members Of this
ahoasly company gasticulased al COR
Runboat a. thay shaped their course 20
intsFespt ne. when they reached the
edge OF the water they WAded out to.
ward as until BubmeFeed 10 the hipe.
They did not shout, bat simply waved
their hands. "What are thosep'
asked.
"Piantation nies," mid our pilot.
Hos queeFly they are dressed"
"Themhs tov-linen frooksI they're
mostly FiQRed So"
The dFapeFy Of slavery Tapped 10 the
wind, and there vas frantic beckonipR
bai oar steamer swept on unheeding.
when our mute solicitors saw they were
unuotieed thsy took the back track and
FASTENED for the woods.
Look AZ the blasted Reese,S said the
pilot. "They want ~ TO take zen
aboard. Nov they'll akedaddls across
the bottom 10 cut a. Oh 'toiheF side the
bend.s
when We rounded the bend there,
- a - ueaNaaa
crosdsnQ ont 10 the rivers brink With
ouastFstohed arms. This silent appeal
for rescue from these ianeFant wretches
uas eloquent. Thsv thousht they say
liberty ALMOST within their reach,
liberty and life. For life, In
been abandoned by the masters, and
dent on toe pFovisisn Of superior intel-
and were on the verge OF misery. FIN
ally our navy wae foroed 10 help them.
In January, 1865, when Wo anchored
gees Waa such that Admiral Porter, al
gays eompaesiona1e 10 suffering. de-
tailed q aunboax 10 transport q load Of
c0atG8o3114 " SaAfVs Wu neAa oNay
enly she aRed, the innEm and the chil.
dFsn. when the dusky cargo, numbeF-
inR hundreds, vas on board, inspected
10. Toese fellow creatures" seemed
rather like hsutea gifted with little Of
The faculty Of human speech. They
Uere as Ignorant and heiptesa as bTutes.
Sqnattsd between couple Of howttzsrs
sinmbied on one wbo waa the eldest
locking mortal ever say. he resem-
hled Q sapersnnuaied baboon. Father
Noah beside Aim would have appeared
yoathfui. He looked - II eternity had
anOved its years apon him. and ths
white winter ef his aRe had come"
~noV Old are you. nnolsP
"Duanos msasA- specs Tee done pas
too hannaFa.s
where ara you fromFe
Cup De YaEs0."
"WheFs are you Rolngp
Tue bleared eyes steamed up 81 me.
sr0ulne % Be fFse.H
Amona ell Who we're infalliSibis
fauna this ssntiment--a din hos San
guins pro9nosia Of somssh hing blissfal
ID store foe then. de Linkam gun
boats" had come. ''lihsFts" hAa cone,
ole asassA rs Rone, and dds wAs De day
II Dc ktnRdom oominR.s l saW
then after they reached their
vFomissd land. Orowdea IN nIthy baR-
Faska. starving % Damaged pork ana
moldy hard tack, ssarmisR with YER
min, Fca.ine With snAllpsx and scnFvy,
they we're even pasa piiy. II eoets1-
plAtinR tEeif misery enc eoald only feel
hograr and amaxsmens thai gach
uFoiehsdnes4 eauid continae 10 extst.
20 very many Of TIE elacks the waF vns
. fFiehAfnl disaster. - PAilNsslpAsa
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